This page correlates with the nine-week CCSS unit, "America in Conflict." The essential question is "How are fictionalized characters and real people changed through conflict?"

Unit FOUR Map


Civil War Writing Prompt


Civil War Writing Prompt #2


Writing Prompt #3











You Wouldn't Want to be a Civil War Soldier

Interactive Civil War map with information about the various economies
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/map.htm

Poetry in America
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm

Introduction to conflict
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson802/Conflict.ppt#271,1,Plot

Civil War Biographies
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/biographies/barton.html

Civil War Powerpoint

Historical Fiction Graphic Organizer

Poetry Matrix


Alphaboxes


Gettysburg Powerpoint and Outline

Gettysburg Powerpoint












North/South Graphic Organizer


Primary Source Civil War Pictures


Other Resources



Text Structure














Symbol Study
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/

The Civil War for Fifth Graders
http://www.radford.edu/~sbisset/civilwar.htm

Reviewing Poetry
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/wartime-poetry-working-with-247.html
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/989.html
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm
http://www.abcteach.com/Writing/onomatopoeia.htm
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/7lesson.htm

Ducksters(Information for kids about the Civil War)
http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war.php
Timeline/Information about the Civil War
http://international.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/10/29/opinion/20101029-civil-war.html

Primary Source Civil War Information
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/map1.html
http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/#personal-correspondence

Revolutionary War
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/gwash.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnadams
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/thomasjefferson
http://www.historywiz.com/franklin.htm

Civil War
http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=27&subjectID=3
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/people/lee.html
http://www.nps.gov/history/logcabin/html/usg2.html
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/booth.html
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkfinity.org%2Fcivil-war-anniversary&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGBAJ_6zIXDr7EO4Sfzc9BiH7cAoQ
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war-battles.htm
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Civil_War/People/index.htm
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/abraham-lincoln/abraham-lincoln-pictures.htm

Poetry
http://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=369
http://www.libertystatepark.com/emma.htm
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174589
http://www.potw.org/archive/potw345.html
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15615
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/spangle.htm

Alphaboxes
http://wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/AlphaBoxes.html

Read, Write, Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/engaging-students-collaborative-exploration-888.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/using-historical-fiction-learn-779.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/critical-perspectives-reading-writing-1060.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/examining-plot-conflict-through-802.html
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/strategic-reading-writing-summarizing-1017.html

PICTURES FROM CLASSROOM

Anchor Book Layout- Located in front of room for easy access and reference



Unit Four Bulletin Board- Focus of this board was Primary Sources since they are a big emphasis throughout all the maps

HALL DISPLAY- LETTERS FROM A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER








ANCHOR CHARTS







Another shot of the bulletin board








Class Blog- Students blog their reading responses on their individual student blogs





Questions Aligned to the poem "I, too, sing America"



The students colored in the states that corresponds with either the Union or the Confederacy



Bull Run Matrix


The students "tweet" about something they are reading

Civil War Hall Displays